In the news business, burying the lead is a cardinal sin. In plain speak, it means hiding the best tidbit of info down amongst the chaff. Well, Big Brother Canada has buried the lead in Season 2.

Scott, a medical secretary/drag queen diva, is hidden away in a secret room with two other houseguest wannabes, Allison and the Other Guy. (‘Cause unless OG, also known as Nate, has some Carrie-level super-spooky talents that involve teleportation, there is no way he is getting into the BBCan house over Scott.) Viewers will be voting on which of the three segregated contestants get to move in to the Big Brother Canada house.

Scott is one of three wannabe houseguests on Big Brother Canada.

Did Gary Glitter teach you nothing, oh makers of Big Brother Canada? The outré contestant from Season 1 brought drama, diversity and a fantastic dash of the fabulous to the house. So much so, that when he was evicted, fans voted him back into the game, and he made it to the final two. Scott, who has a bigger-than-life (split) personality, is catnip to reality TV viewers, yet heartbreakingly segregated from the rest of the hamsters.

Instead, we’re stuck with the usual suspects. There are the muscle heads (Kyle, Andrew), the model types (Heather, Kenny), the old guy (Paul), the quirky one (Anick), etc. (For a quick rundown on who’s who, click here.) Now, I’m sure they will bring their own verve and elan to the mix, but not putting the drag queen on the first team is like benching Sidney Crosby in the gold medal game. You don’t put baby in the corner!!!

Oh, and speaking of burying the lede, Anick was evicted over Ika in an 11-0 vote.

Anick was the first person voted off the second season of Big Brother Canada.

Wha?!? How did we get here, you ask? Well . . . (insert Wayne’s World wavy hands and doo-doodle-doo sound effects here):

On Day One, the 14 houseguests take over the Big Brother Canada residence, but they don’t have much time to make nice: the first Head of Household competition takes place shortly after they move in. After donning maple-leaf-motif swimsuits, they head out to the “backyard” and take their positions on blocks of ice. The catch? They’re not wearing shoes!

Anick steps off first, followed in short order by Sarah, Andrew, Sabrina, Heather and Ika. Paul, seeing an opportunity, tells everyone still on their blocks that if they give him Head of Household, he won’t nominate them for eviction. And with a quick promise of no backdooring and swearing on the lives of his three children, Paul becomes Big Man on Campus.

Even he can’t believe they fell for it. Guess his day job (motivational speaker) is going to pay off in the house. Paul says he gave his fellow contestants the power to make the choice and they just gave it back to him, putting him closer to the grand prize of $100,000, a $25,000 gift card at The Brick and a $10,000 trip from Twistos. It was a smart move in that he has an instant in with more than half the house, but there are six people who don’t count him as friend.

In some compilation footage, we see Paul pulling his best Brando, acting all Godfathery in his quest to gauge the mood in the house, and Andrew, alienating his fellow contestants with some boorish behaviour. Sarah puts it down to too much hooch (what else do you expect from a guy with hops tattooed on his chest?) and Paul points out that the Calgarian’s “volatile” behaviour will “hurt his game.”

Paul, far right, convinces his fellow competitors to hand him the first Head of Household on the second season of Big Brother Canada. Nincompoops that they are, they agreed.

Indeed, it comes back to bite him on the butt: Andrew and Anick are the first two nominees. The big lug admits (to the camera, at least, we don’t see him making up with any of his houseguests) that he made a bad first impression.

No matter, though. The restaurant manager powers through the superhero-themed Power of Veto competition. This, despite Anick’s visualization, affirmation and calling to her angels for help. Imagine! Naturally, Andrew takes himself off the block. Ika goes up in his place.

Anick’s plan to stay in the house doesn’t win her any fans, though. Is this the first time a Reiki-themed “relaxation session” has been used as a strategy on a reality show? Think it might be. Might be the last time, too, seeing as it had zero effect.

So, what did you think of the goings on the first week in the house? How would you rate this crop of contestants? Any picks on who will go the distance? And hands up those who said, “Awwww!” to the footage of Season 1 winner Jillian and her showmance Emmett shacked up together in Nova Scotia that played out on the Big Brother Canada Side Show? Share your thoughts below and come back every Thursday night for a recap, and every Friday for an interview with the week’s eliminated houseguest.

This week’s quotable quotes:

“They were on tight. Like a nun’s panties, there was no getting in there,” Kyle on the nuts and bolts on the door during the Power of Veto competition.

“He’s working like a hooker on Yonge Street,” Ika’s assessment of Paul’s questioning of the houseguests.

“I’m being manhandled!” a blindfolded Scott, while being led to the secret houseguest room.

“It’s nice. I think I have a couple of outfits that might go with it,” Scott, once the blindfold is off and he sees where he’ll be living for the next week.

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